Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Tube
Tube
,Noun.
[L.
tubus
; akin to tuba
a trumpet: cf F. tube
.] 1.
A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
2.
A telescope.
“Glazed optic tube.” Milton.
3.
A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
4.
(Bot.)
The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
6.
(Steam Boilers)
A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
7.
(Zool.)
(a)
A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of
Tubeworm
. (b)
One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
Capillary tube
, a tube of very fine bore. See
– Capillary
. Fire tube
(Steam Boilers)
, a tube which forms a flue.
– Tube coral
. (Zool.)
Same as
– Tubipore
. Tube foot
(Zool.)
, one of the ambulacral suckers of an echinoderm.
– Tube plate
, or
Tube sheet
(Steam Boilers)
, a flue plate. See under
– Flue
. Tube pouch
(Mil.)
, a pouch containing priming tubes.
– Tube spinner
(Zool.)
, any one of various species of spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to
– Tegenaria
, Agelena
, and allied genera. Water tube
(Steam Boilers)
, a tube containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases.
Tube
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tubed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tubing
.] To furnish with a tube;
as, to
. tube
a wellWebster 1828 Edition
Tube
TUBE
,Noun.
1.
A vessel of animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.2.
In botany, the narrow hollow part of a monopetalous corol, by which it is fixed to the receptacle.3.
In artillery, an instrument of tin, used in quick firing.TUBE
,Verb.
T.